Shinjuku Incident
Seen it?2009 | 119 min | Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Wrath of Man, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect drug use.
- It's in Cantonese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
60% on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.6 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$5 million worldwide on a $15 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 39K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Derek Yee Tung-Sing
- Jackie ChanSteelhead
- Naoto TakenakaInspector Kitano
- Daniel WuJie
- Fan BingbingLily
- Xu JingleiXiu Xiu / Yuko Eguchi
- Masaya KatōToshinari Eguchi
- Toru MinegishiKoichi Muranishi
- Jack KaoGao Jie
- Yasuaki KurataTaro Watagawa
- Chin Ka-LokHong Kong Boy